Europa Oil & Gas
(Holdings) plc / Index: AIM / Epic: EOG / Sector: Oil &
Gas
14 February 2024
Europa Oil & Gas
(Holdings) plc
("Europa" or the
"Company")
Extension of PEDL 343 Licence
(Cloughton)
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc,
the AIM quoted UK, Ireland and West Africa focused oil and gas
exploration, development and production company, is pleased to
announce an extension to licence PEDL 343 located in the East
Midlands of the UK, which contains the Cloughton gas discovery.
Europa is operator of the licence with a 40% interest.
The North Sea Transition Authority
("NSTA") notified Europa that it has agreed to a two-year extension
of the Initial Term to 20 July 2026 and a two-year extension of the
Second Term to 20 July 2028 for PEDL 343. The extension will enable
the Company to continue its ongoing work on the licence, where
Europa estimates Cloughton to have Pmean gross gas initially in
place (GIIP) volumes of 192 BCF. The discovery well at PEDL 343
(Cloughton) flowed good quality sweet gas at rates of up to 40,000
scf/day on natural flow, and the Company believes that a well could
flow at 6 mmscf/day using the correct completion
techniques.
Europa will continue to engage with
its various stakeholders required to obtain the necessary permits
and consents needed to drill an appraisal well in order to
demonstrate the productivity of the field.
Will Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Europa,
said:
"We are delighted that the NSTA has granted a two-year
extension to PEDL 343 as it allows us to continue to progress the
material Cloughton gas discovery towards commercialisation. We will
update the market as we reach further
milestones".
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For further information, please
visit www.europaoil.com or
contact:
William Holland / Louise
Armstrong
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Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings)
plc
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mail@europaoil.com
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James Dance / James Spinney / Rob
Patrick
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Strand Hanson Limited - Nominated
& Financial Adviser
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+44 (0) 20 7409 3494
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Peter Krens
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Tennyson Securities
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+44 (0) 20 7186 9033
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Patrick d'Ancona / Finlay Thomson /
Kendall Hill
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Vigo Consulting
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+ 44 (0) 20 7390 0230
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Notes to Editors
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc
has a diversified portfolio of multi-stage hydrocarbon assets which
includes production, development and exploration interests, in
countries that are politically stable, have transparent licensing
processes, and offer attractive terms. Average net production for
the financial year ending 31 July 2023 was 265 bopd. On 21 December
2023 the Company acquired 42.9% interest in Antler Global, which
holds an 80% interest in the EG08 PSC offshore Equatorial Guinea.
EG08 contains an estimated gross mean un-risked 1.4 trillion cubic
feet ("TCF") gas prospective resources that can be tested with a
single well with a 92% chance of success. EG08 is adjacent to the
Chevron licence that contains the Alen gas field which is connected
via pipeline to the Bioko Island LNG plant. Europa took over
operatorship of PEDL 343 ("Cloughton") on 27 July 2023 in which
Europa holds a 40% interest and contains an estimated Pmean 192
billion cubic feet ("BCF") of gas initially in place.
Europa holds a 25% interest in P.2358, Block
13/23c ("Serenity") in the Outer Moray Firth area of the North Sea,
which the 2019 Serenity oil discovery. The Company
holds one exploration licence offshore Ireland, which has two
principal prospects, the largest of which has the potential to host
gross mean un-risked prospective resources of 1.5 TCF gas. Inishkea
West is a near field gas prospect in the Slyne Basin which the
Company classifies as lower risk due to its close proximity to the
producing Corrib gas field and associated gas processing
infrastructure.
Glossary
scf/day
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standard cubic feet per
day
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mmscf/day
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million standard cubic feet per
day
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Pmean
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probability that the volumes will
equal the average of all of the estimates
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